Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, specialising in EV and battery supply chain research and insights, reports that 2.15 million electric vehicles (EVs) were sold globally in September 2026, bringing year ...

The global weighted average price for lithium ion cell prices has dropped below $100 per kilowatt-hour for the first time in two years on the back of falling raw material prices. The latest average ...

While countries including the US, Turkey, and Mexico have been ramping up tariffs on electric vehicles (EVs) made in China, EV imports from China into the UK have continued to face a standard 10% ...

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, specialising in EV and battery supply chain research and insights, reports that 1.2 million electric vehicles were sold globally in January 2026. The global EV market ...

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, specialising in EV and battery supply chain research and insights, reports that 1.75 million electric vehicles were sold globally in March 2026, bringing Q1 2026 EV ...

Conflict in the Middle East and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz led to sulphuric acid prices skyrocketing. The material is a key feedstock for the processing of many critical minerals ...

Chilean regulators approved the deal between SQM and state-owned miner Codelco to operate a lithium joint venture, named NovaAndino Litio, in the Atacama salt flats. This deal resolves a long-standing ...

A major correction in prices from record highs defined the lithium market in 2023, as new capacities provided flexibility in raw material supplies and electric vehicle (EV) demand growth ...

Simon Moores, Managing Director of Benchmark Mineral Intelligence will present the keynote: The Global Battery Arms Race: What next? On the World Tour East & World Tour West – a new online expansion ...

While cobalt, nickel, and lithium hog the headlines, another critical mineral is quietly gaining prominence in the lithium ion battery revolution: fluorspar. Specifically, acidspar, a high-grade ...

The rise of Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) technology promises to open up new sources of lithium supply this decade, helping to avert a forecast shortfall of supply, according to a new Benchmark ...

Market expectations around the restart of CATL’s Jianxiawo lithium operation are increasingly diverging from Benchmark’s base-case assumption that production would resume shortly after the Lunar New ...